2004–05 United States network television schedule
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The 2004–05 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2004 through August 2005. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2003–04 season.
Beginning this season, the major networks were no longer producing original dramatic content for Saturday broadcast (an exception being ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney, although it often featured rebroadcast material). Saturday schedules consisted instead of nonfiction reality-based programming and rebroadcasts of dramatic series episodes from earlier in the week, or new episodes of series previously scheduled on other nights that had been de facto cancelled and were "burning off" unaired episodes.
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract for one hour Central and Mountain times.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Light purple indicates movies.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other scheduled programs, including specials.
- Yellow indicates the top-10 most-watched programs of the season.
- Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
- Magenta indicates the top-30 mostwatched programs of the season.
Sunday
Monday
NOTE: On Fox, Athens was supposed to have started the night at 8–9 at mid-season, but it was cancelled at the last minute.
Tuesday
NOTES: On NBC, Average Joe was supposed to have started the night at 8–9, but it was delayed to summer, and The Contender was supposed to premiere in the timeslot on March 1, 2005, but it was delayed to March 9, 2005, before switching places with American Dreams and landed on its Sunday slot. On Fox, The Jury was supposed to have stayed on the night prior to November, but low ratings canned the show.
Wednesday
NOTE: On Fox, Method & Red was supposed to have stayed at 9:30-10, but it was cancelled at the last minute due to low ratings of the show from last season and at midseason, Life on a Stick would've been aired at 8:30-9, and The Bernie Mac Show would've been concluded the night at 9:30-10, but it was changed at a last minute.
Thursday
NOTE: On Fox, Tru Calling would've supposed to have stayed at 9-10, but it was pushed up to spring and place North Shore at fall instead.
Friday
NOTES: On Fox, The Jury was supposed to have remained on Fridays, and that The Next Great Champ was supposed to have started the night at 8–9, but due to low ratings of The Jury, it was cancelled, and The Complex: Malibu was signed on at the last minute, and at midseason, The Inside would've started the night at 8–9, followed by Jonny Zero. On The WB, Commando Nanny would've been aired at 9:30-10, but it was cancelled due to production difficulties.
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | Desperate Housewives (R) | ||||
| Spring | Little House on the Prairie | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | |||||
| Late spring | The Wonderful World of Disney | Desperate Housewives (R) | |||||
| Summer | America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | ||||
| Winter | The Will | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
| Mid-winter | Crimetime Saturday | ||||||
| Late winter | Wickedly Perfect | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
| Spring | Crimetime Saturday | ||||||
| Summer | Big Brother | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
| Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted | Local programming | |||
| NBC | Fall | Encore programming | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | ||||
| Late fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
| Winter | Law & Order (R) | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) | |||||
| Spring | LAX | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) | ||||
| Mid-spring | Crossing Jordan (R) | Law & Order (R) | |||||
| Summer | NBC Saturday Night Movie | Dateline NBC | |||||
By network
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New series
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.
References
- ^ Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.